Powering Down in an Age of Irrational Politics
The politics of pain that is the fashion these days offers an unprecedented opportunity to advance a power-down agenda that …
Category Archives: Ideas
Catabolic Collapse?
It’s not every day that someone is willing to stick their neck out and tell you exactly when all the malaise and …
Dynamic Climate is Lesson of Ice Core Records
Made by God, immutable, perfect and constant, our world has always been the way it is now and will always …
The Gift of Good Giving
Gifts lubricate the informal economy and build relationships in our local community. Sometimes it’s a pick-up truck, maybe it’s eggs …
Depressing Debt Dogma Distills Deflation Dilemma
As the less-than-adequate federal stimulus funds recede from view, we are left with a sinking realization that this recession is depressingly persistent. Gains …
The Growth Conundrum
The comparative luxury in which we live is the direct result of centuries of steady economic growth. But we live …
High Altitude Wind Power – A Review
The first international conference on High Altitude Wind Power happened last November in Chico, CA. That’s a sign this new technology is …
Worm Math
Update: Three weeks with the flashlight have reduced the numbers to an insignificant level. At this point, migration into the test plot, …
Peak Phosphorous
I’ve just become aware of another malady that industrial society has to worry about. Peak phosphorous is probably not on …
The Practice of Practice
As a rule of thumb, I expect to do a design project three times before I am satisfied. The prototype …
